🚀 go-pugleaf

   Ok I'll bite :-)

First off ST/NT is a totally inadequate format. If has 64 "quanta" divisions 
per blocks. Is is bad for triplets and music isn't "BLOCK" oriented it is 
measure oriented and the standard should be measure oriented as well.

  Now over in rec.music they are talking about a standard based on SDML 
(Standard ???? Markup Language). This would represent scores only (from what 
I can gather from following threads), there would need to be an extension for 
instruments if we wanted to encapsulate all parts necessary to play a song.

  For binary data a ASCII file would be on the largish size. So we could have 
a binary version for "encapsulated songs. (Encapsulated MusicScript anyone? )
I have no idea if CBM CATS would like a ASCII music standard. Now on to the 
hard stuff :-)

  Ok .. Simple to define meter, simple for (de)creshendo, pitch and duration 
fine.... Trills  - is there a formula to "compute" a trill. Should we indicate
a trill and make the implementation application dependent? This applies to all
ornamentation as well.

  Are there any good books out there on the "mechanics" of music. Especially 
ones geared toward computer representation of music. If someone from CATS 
would respond I would like to know "who" can develop a IFF form and if 
someone is already working on it (Dissident's has developed a SAMP form 
already.)

  The ball is rolling.....
  
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